The Anchorage of the Soul Ends in Judgment and Hope
In Amos era luxury and self-indulgence bring divine judgment on Samaria upper class. The lesson urges temperance and heed to history. The shipwreck of life needs an anchor, Christ, to hold amid storms, offering conversion and sanctification through faith.
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Amos
Kingdom of
Israel
Jeroboam II
Samaria
Ameerica
America
Calneh
Tamath
Europe
Russia
Duny
Joseph
Ephraim I
Manasseh
Ephraim
Tle
Ife
Jersey
Paul
Christ
Great Mischiefs Sparked by Folly and Vanity
Quote noting that great mischiefs arise more from folly and vanity than from avarice and ambition. Reflects Burkean view on moral hazards and human flaws driving societal harm.
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Burke
Chance to Be Saved. Dowt despair of a student if he has one clear idea
A brief note urges focusing on a single clear idea to help a student avoid despair. It emphasizes practical steps and steady progress through disciplined study and reflection, warning that doubt can overwhelm if attention splinters across multiple uncertain aims.
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Dowt
Fenunons
Whitmans Romance and Emerson in a Curious Sale Tale
In Emery Holloway's Dial piece, the tangled episode centers on Whitman courting Emerson over the rapid sale of his first edition. The narrative hints at subconscious desires, disputed authorship, and rumors about Whitman’s six children. It suggests a publishing anonymous review of poetry and possible reprints as an original novel, with fabrication traced to a childlike impulse.
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Whitmman
Emerson
Iavn
Emery Holloway
the Dial
Warmed With Love of Heaven by the Bishop of London
The Bishop of London describes the Holy Spirit descending as wind and tongues of fire, transforming a home into a living society. Disciples become apostles, turning timid people brave as the divine society begins its worldwide spread to warmth souls with heavenly love.
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Divine Society
London
Idleness 15 not rest but fatigue and toil
A reflective snippet argues idleness is fatigue not rest and cites Adam’s toil before the fall. It asserts work is divine, quoting a saying of Christ about the Father working and the speaker’s belief in the sacred nature of labor.
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Adam
E. Newbolt
Heating baskets keep Chinese women warm in severe winter
Chinese women wear similar clothing in winter and summer, but in extreme cold they use heating baskets under cloaks. The plain wildker baskets contain charcoal warmers that radiate heat for hours. Charcoal mixed with chemicals generates oxygen, allowing continuous burning inside sealed containers.
American Poisonous Snakes and Distinctive Traits
The article lists four poisonous snake groups in the United States moccasin, rattler, copperhead, and harlequin. It notes their large broad heads, deep set eyes, small necks, stout bodies and short tails as distinguishing features. The moccasin is described as the most dangerous, resting on tree branches and striking when irritated or frightened.
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United States
Tolstoy and Sofia Tolstoy Marriage Revealed in His Memoir
In his Family Happiness Tolstoy recounts his romance with Sofia Baer, a German physician's daughter. The couple married in September 1862 after a trousseau delay, with Tolstoy's intense jealousy tempered by Sofia's wisdom and forgiveness.
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Leo Tolstoy
Mra
Doctor Baer
Sofia Andreyevin
Sofia
Trousseau
Tolstoy
Methods of Fire Making Among North American Aborigines
The article outlines two fire making methods used by North American tribes at discovery. One method relied on striking spark from flint and pyrites by Eskimos Athapasca and Algonquin people along the Pacific to Newfoundland and Atlantic coasts. The predominant method used friction with a wooden drill and hearth, generating heat from ground-off particles collected in a canal at the hearth edge.
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North America
Parcific
Newfoundland
Atlantic
How Quickly the Mind Thinks in Everyday Tasks
A London News summary cites modern psychology on rapid thought, noting two fifths of a second to recall a country or language, one third of a second to add digits, about a third of a second to perceive a face, one thirteenth of a second to map color choices, and fractions up to a quarter second to recall words or images.
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London News
Paris
France
Dante Ino Drudian
Dalton
Salt Makers of Ball Island Describe Salt Harvesting
The Balinese farmers on Ball Island near Java lightly harvest sea salt using palm leaf light bowls to skim moisture from sun dried brine. They carry brine to coconut wood vats, let sand settle, then sun-dry to yield pure salt. They value salt highly while money has little value amid barter trade.
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Ball
Java
Tim
Asia Magazine
Stoves as Winter Altars in Historic Interiors
A century ago decorators worried over stoves and fireplaces as essential heating and design elements. A German writer notes the stove was indispensable in northern climates, with antiquity offering little precedent for hung or tied stoves. At Worlitz the stove became the altar of winter, while in Paris Isabel concealed hers beneath a Minerva figure.
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Worlitz
Isabel
Paris
Minerva
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benz
Johnson Melvin & Johnson
Rev
Fitzwater
D. D
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Western Newspaper Union
Him
John
J. R. Schaffer
Moody Mible Institute
Chicago
Whitman
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
The
Chesapeake & Potomac
R. C. Harris
Salt Makers of
Poultry Farm
Denton
Denton Station
Tere Ig
J. E. Baines
Denton, Md
Glenbrook
Paige
Overland
Bessemer, Paige
Federal
Greensboro
Ridgely
Queen Anne
Hillsboro
Preston
Federalsburg
WM. Bullock
Sinth Street
Denton, Maryland
Nisi
W. Brewster Deen
J. Lawrence Knox
Madeline Knox
Circuit Court
Caroline County
Equity
Agsignee
Geo. A. Deakyne
Schliedulie
Baltimore
Queenstown
Broadway
Love Point
Peninsula Ferry Corporation
Equitable Bldg
Plaza
M. K. Newnam
Walter Sparks
New York
Life Man
Weld
S. C
J. R. Holland
Creece
Ford Motor Co
Dem
Rims
Fordson
All
Detroit
Ford and
Denton Auto Company
A. E. S. Remedies
Denton Drug CO
Gladding Express Co
Centreville
Church Hill
Roberts Station
Goldsboro
Cambridge
Ingleside
Wye Mills
Longwoods
Easton
St. Michaels
Hurlock
G. Hignutt & CO
James J. Ross
WM. Denny
Sec’y-Treas
Kent County Mutual Insurance Co
Dover
Delaware
L. Irving Jones
Agt
Queensboro
Carter & Deen, Agts., Newton, Ald
W. Payne, Agt
Preston, Md
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